N The Retouch Menu: Creating Retouched Copies
To view the retouch menu, select the N tab in the camera menus.
The items in the retouch menu are used to trim or retouch existing pictures.
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The retouch menu is only displayed when a memory card containing photographs is inserted in the camera.
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Retouched copies are saved to new files, separate from the original pictures.
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The retouch menu contains the following items:
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Creating Retouched Copies
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Select an item in the retouch menu.
Press 1 or 3 to highlight an item, 2 to select.
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Select a picture.
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Highlight a picture using the multi selector.
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To view the highlighted picture full screen, press and hold the X (T) button.
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Press J to select the highlighted picture.
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Select retouch options.
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For more information, see the section for the selected item.
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To exit without creating a retouched copy, press G. The retouch menu will be displayed.
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Create a retouched copy.
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Press J to create a retouched copy.
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Retouched copies are indicated by a p icon.
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To create a retouched copy of the current image, press i and select [].
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The camera may not be able to display or retouch images that were taken or retouched using other cameras or that have been retouched on a computer.
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If no actions are performed for a brief period, the display will turn off and any unsaved changes will be lost. To increase the time the display remains on, choose a longer menu display time using Custom Setting c4 [] > [].
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Most options can be applied to copies created using other retouch options, although multiple edits may result in reduced image quality or faded colors.
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With the exception of [], each option can be applied only once.
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Some options may be unavailable depending on the options used to create the copy.
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Options that cannot be applied to the current image are grayed out and unavailable.
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Copies created from NEF (RAW) images are saved at an [] of [].
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Copies created from JPEG images are the same quality as the original.
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In the case of images recorded to the same memory card at image quality settings of NEF + JPEG, only the NEF (RAW) image will be retouched.
Except in the case of copies created with [], [], and [], copies are the same size as the original.